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Emily Dickinson - A word is dead

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.

I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

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A word is dead - Comments and Information

Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 1212. A word is dead
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day: Feb 13 2004

Comment 8 of 8, added on April 14th, 2008 at 10:39 PM.

I find it amazing that she could fit so much meaning into such few words. It makes me think of the riddle "what can't exist once it's name is spoken? silence" this poem is awesome

Erin from United States
Comment 7 of 8, added on March 25th, 2008 at 12:20 PM.

Actually she published about 7. And this is one of my favorite poems by her. I so few word, she expresses so much.

Gail from United States
Comment 6 of 8, added on January 16th, 2006 at 11:56 PM.

theres no way to find out when these were written. When she died, over 2000 poems were found in her closet, unpublished. She had something like 20 poems published in her lifetime, the rest she kept secret. So no one knows when most were written

marshall from United States

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